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Catholic and Anti-Catholic History

Read by Janet Baker


Various


G.K. Chesterton and James Walsh join Hilaire Belloc in an energetic rollout of the means by which history becomes propaganda, to the damage,…

Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, 1846-47

Read by Phil Benson


Geraldine Jewsbury


'The most striking feature in the present day, far more than that of railways even, is the utter chaos into which all previously received pr…

Missing: Page Thirteen

Read by Bev J Stevens


Anna Katharine Green


Violet Strange, a clever petite detective, is called upon to solve the mystery of a page gone missing from an important document. The future…

Cherry Ames, Island Nurse

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Helen Wells


A private duty nursing case takes Cherry Ames to a remote Canadian island, where a mystery surrounds a mining operation.The Cherry Ames seri…

The Clue

Read by Roger Melin


Carolyn Wells


Once Carolyn Wells began, or re-invented her writing career, 'The Clue' was her initial book which strayed from children's writings into mys…

The Early Diary of Frances Burney, Vol. 2

Read by Barbara Baker


Frances Burney


The diaries give a lively and accurate account of the author's experiences in the literary and courtly worlds of Georgian England. Summary b…

Janet of the Dunes

Read by Roger Melin


Harriet Theresa Comstock


Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in a…

The Annals of Ann

Read by CJ Plogue


Kate Trimble Sharber


As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …

A Hive of Busy Bees

Read by Rosa Grace


Effie Mae Hency Williams


In the summer, Don and Joyce stay on their Grandma and Grandpa's farm. They have great fun, and every night Grandma tells them a story about…

Study Skills

Read by Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson and Luke Ogilvie-Thomson


Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson and Luke Ogilvie-Thomson


University of Oxford Podcasts

A Diary from Dixie

Read by Laurie Anne Walden


Mary Chesnut


Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during th…

Susan

Read by Celine Major


Ernest Oldmeadow


Susan is a perfect gem of a maid until suddenly she begins to mess things ups and is so distracted that her mistress Gertrude is determined …

The Early Diary of Frances Burney, Vol. 1

Read by Barbara Baker


Frances Burney and Annie Raine Ellis


Vol. 1 of Diaries and letters of the young Fanny Burney. The diaries give a lively and accurate account of her experiences in the literary a…

In the Bishop's Carriage

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Miriam Michelson


Nancy 'Nance' Olden, a young and very pretty woman, is an accomplished liar and thief. Raised in a horrific orphanage, called the Cruelty by…

My Queen: A Weekly Journal for Young Women. Issue 1, Sept 1900

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Lurana Sheldon


This is the first issue of a wonderful weekly magazine aimed at young women. They each contain a novella following the adventures of Marion…

Ruth Rendell In The Psychiatrist's Chair



In the Psychiatrist's Chair: Ruth Rendell Sun 31st Jul 1994, 12:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in …

John Van Druten Bell, Book And Candle 1997



Bell, Book and Candle By John van Druten Adapted and directed by Ned Chaillet Bewitched and bewildered, Anthony Henderson wanders into the C…

Mary Baker Bellingham And The Ambasador


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Afternoon Play: Bellingham and the Ambassador Tue 29th Apr 2003, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM In Mary Baker's black historical comedy, loosely ba…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study In Scarlet


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A Study in Scarlet  By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle   Dramatised for radio by Michael Hardwick   With: Carleton Hobb…

The Doctor's Wife

Read by Kirsten Wever


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


This is one of the Victorian “Sensationist” Mary Elizabeth Braddon's many novels (best known among them: “Lady Audley’s Secret”). It is extr…

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